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Cultural Perspectives on Threats, War and Security

This transdisciplinary course provides students with tools to interpret and critically interrogate how issues of threat, war and security politics are manifested in the cultural sphere.

Information for admitted students spring 2025

Congratulations! You have been admitted at Stockholm University and we hope that you will enjoy your studies with us.

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How do textual, visual, spatial and material expressions produce (in)security and evoke feelings of threat and safety, of "us" and "them"? Under what circumstances can cultural expressions legitimize or challenge militarism and the use of violence?

The course combines theories on International Relations (IR) and security, including “the cultural turn” and feminist security studies, with perspectives and methods from the humanities, such as visual analysis, media studies, heritage and memory studies, linguistic studies and literary analysis. Students will engage in critical analysis individually and collectively and use the theoretical and methodological literature to analyse a variety of cultural expressions and artifacts.